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Guidelines for presenting claims in the fisheries, mariculture and fish processing sector

2.3 People or businesses that rely on fishing for all of the boat’s earnings. He will be asked to
or part of their income or livelihood are entitled sign an agreement that he will pay you once
to make a claim for economic loss. If you fish compensation has been paid to him.
for sport and the presence of oil pollution stops 2.6 If you are the owner of a fishing vessel,
you fishing, then you will not have made an then you must make it clear when you
economic loss due to the oil and you cannot claim whether or not your claim includes
claim. If your business involves taking other losses made by your crew and, if it does,
people fishing for sport, however, then you you should list who they are.
might make a loss and can claim.
2.7 If you belong to an organisation such
2.4 If you work for somebody else, for instance as a fishing co-operative or trade union,
as an employee in a fish factory, then your then these bodies can make a claim on
employer would usually pay you your salary behalf of all of their members. States and
and make a claim for full economic loss. local authorities might sometimes make 7
Depending on your employer’s circumstances, a claim for losses in the fisheries sector
payment of your salary might be delayed in too. Whoever makes the claim on your
part or wholely until the compensation is paid. behalf and for your losses, and no matter
If your employer claims for full economic loss, how many claims you make, you will only
the 1992 Fund will normally only compensate qualify once for compensation for the
him fully if he is prepared to sign an agreement actual losses that you suffered.
that he will actually pay you your salary (if he
has not already done so).
2.5 If you are part of the crew of a fishing vessel,
you should normally be able to rely on the
owner of the vessel to submit a claim for loss